# My Belt Gizmo Build Pic Heavy 7/18/2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Other Props\ **Created:** [July 18, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829 "2011-07-18T22:27:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/letmebleed75/32/6065_2.png) [@Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Letmebleed75)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/1 "2011-07-18T22:27:33Z")
So I finally attempted my [belt gizmo](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/uniform/calculator-circuit-board). I recieved a kit from nic-a-tron which is absolutely a dream to work with. I 100% recommend him to you as his shipping is fast and quality of parts is outstanding. I started by giving them a good scrub down with soapy water and wet sanded them. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/b/0/b0610233f7b443fef9771ba0af1dde1f8d41141b.jpeg) Then painted them with satin espresso brown ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/6/2/62bc2952279592cf6bbcf77899304d8cb2f90a15.jpeg) I bought a amp cord from radio shack and bought a plastic electrical plug which i converted into a “plug in” for the gizmo. Used heat shrink to pull it all together! ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/5/2/529a6ab596b29886acd5d053145a466ad4722d5d.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/f/1/f1d2e14b81d3b80fbd90131299bf953aa85ff818.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/7/6/767652ff35a475b81d8cbe4817ac3c7a327144a6.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/2/5/25f701b4ebfa44c54758a5f16aaced510523b5e5.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/c/7/c74de220b60a681cf1be7a513646504b9cb31c93.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/f/d/fdf37d32e6757611b265d1d133d8e1312a15f490.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/4/b/4b05106c832cc3fdad856c862ca57c676336c050.jpeg) As that was drying I started to heat shrink my nixie tubes… ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/7/f/7f43ec7d9dd9a0be72226e1e2be81da6d75fed8e.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/e/2/e22b0c0caf5967309ffa46397ae5ebe5cb6d9f5b.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/f/8/f8fa6c486521d1391be2e431b5055c6a4d51bce8.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/1/2/12f7ed6e29222e71cfcf62676735747c9206a92c.jpeg) As I was doing this my lovely wife started painting the board using reference photos from Gbfan builds. We used acrylic sharpie paint markers. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/a/4/a45fa8fd16aea270804f3699cae9ce19d7a1d91c.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/6/c/6ce91cbf69da845025fbeb828fb38242d195cf61.jpeg) Then I bought a ton of random capacitors, chips, resistors etc. at radio shack and started making a diagram of where i was going to put everything. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/1X/ec057900112e21a3147b2cc422bac00675fbf1c0.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/e/4/e4cbecdccf0c38f28a97b887a565afba10193e38.jpeg) Then drilled out all the holes and began placing them on the board. Most of the parts were secured using hot glue which worked like a charm. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/6/c/6c38abdc26858376f51fcf7ec5c3714a7f4c879c.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/6/f/6f4a6a7766bc89292f47521c2f294efd297ae664.jpeg) Then tackled the nixies which were a pain in the butt. Some of the heatshrink ended up getting damaged, o well. Guess ill have to redo it on another gizmo build. Luckily I was able to save it and make it somewhat decent. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/2/1/211b0e2d531424101a5e5c725272f3fbdc637396.jpeg) Here it is on my belt! ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/0/1/01e14009ddd35d705fa96fae4c6697ad37c33bd9.jpeg) Please let me know what you think! I know it isnt the best but im happy for my first try! ---
**Author:** ![sbonse](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@sbonse](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/sbonse)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/2 "2011-07-20T21:47:53Z")
Looks really good. Nicks kits are excellent. I used his kit for my [belt gizmo](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/uniform/calculator-circuit-board) ---
**Author:** ![parksdesign](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@parksdesign](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/parksdesign)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/3 "2011-08-04T19:20:07Z")
looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/letmebleed75/32/6065_2.png) [@Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Letmebleed75)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/4 "2011-08-04T20:40:57Z")
Thanks for the kind words! ---
**Author:** ![demon-vice-commander](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/demon-vice-commander/32/186000_2.png) [@demon-vice-commander](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/demon-vice-commander)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/5 "2011-08-05T14:32:51Z")
Not bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![KyleS](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@KyleS](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/KyleS)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/6 "2011-08-06T02:39:01Z")
Good work? Where did you get your nixie tubes? ---
**Author:** ![Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/letmebleed75/32/6065_2.png) [@Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Letmebleed75)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/7 "2011-08-06T04:49:49Z")
Thx guys! The nixie tubes were bought off eBay. Do a search there you’ll find a good amount of sellers. mainly from Russia and Romania so order fast cause they take a bit of time shipping ---
**Author:** ![Jasonrglass](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jasonrglass](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Jasonrglass)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/8 "2011-10-03T23:18:33Z")
Dude you built that your self, That is awesome!! ---
**Author:** ![sbonse](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@sbonse](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/sbonse)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/9 "2011-10-11T23:23:17Z")
Your [belt gizmo](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/uniform/calculator-circuit-board) looks good. Similar to the one I built using nicks kit. The real components set it off loads. ---
**Author:** ![Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/letmebleed75/32/6065_2.png) [@Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Letmebleed75)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/10 "2011-10-12T01:13:52Z")
Thanks for the great comments! Im gonna be building another one soon for my wifes costume ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Jannise](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mark_jannise/32/5853_2.png) [@Mark\_Jannise](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Mark_Jannise)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/11 "2011-11-14T00:08:54Z")
That looks really good, man. I have some nixie tubes coming in from ebay. I was wondering what size heat shrink tubing you used for the leads coming off of them? I was thinking about getting some 1/8" OD before shrinking, but I wasn’t sure. ---
**Author:** ![Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/letmebleed75/32/6065_2.png) [@Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Letmebleed75)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/12 "2011-11-14T02:30:06Z")
The smallest available. I’d have to double check the size ---
**Author:** ![imagine4056](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@imagine4056](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/imagine4056)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/13 "2011-11-15T06:01:13Z")
Very very nice!! I’m going to be building my own pretty soon, so I was wondering how you secured the back of it? Like all the wires that are pushed through, how did you cover them all? ---
**Author:** ![Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/letmebleed75/32/6065_2.png) [@Letmebleed75](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Letmebleed75)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-belt-gizmo-build-pic-heavy-7-18-2011/36829/14 "2011-11-15T06:35:16Z")
Just used hot glue over the exposed wires. Bent them over after I pushed them through the holes, put a small bit of hot glue and now they won’t budge. I removed a clip off of a tape measure and epoxied it to the daughter board